Continuous rail.



Patented Apr. .21, 191% III Wa mEasEs flTTURHEY STAT ]E S PATENT OFFICE.

ALLEN BAGLEY, OF YPSIiJANTI, MICHIGAN.

CONTINUOUS. RAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

To aZZ whom, it may concern Be it known that I, ALLEN BAGLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ypsilanti, county of Washtenaw, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Continuous Rails, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whlch form a part of this specification.

This invention relates tojcontinuous rails and has for its object a continuous rail formed by longitudinal rail halves which are arranged to break joints.

Continuous -rails are not broadly new. This invention is intended as an improvement upon my previous Patent No. 193,233. The rail halves and the plates are so arranged that a better seat is formed for the ra1..

In the drawings,-Figure 1, is a cross-section through the rail taken at the joint of the right-hand rail halves. Fig.- 2, is a section taken on the line CC of Fig. 3. Fig. 3, is a top view of the rail and attaching devices, the rail being broken away on the right to show section on line B- B of Fig. 2. Fig. 4, is a section on the line A-A of Fig. 1. Fig. 5, is a top view of the rail showing the joint of the outer rail halves. Fig. 6, is a cross-section of a modified form. Fig. 7, is a section taken on the line DD of Fig. 6.

a indicates a tie.

F) is a rail chair that is fastened to the tie bythe spikes This rail chair is made of Wrought iron and has a fish plate portion which is integral with the chair at the outside of the rail and which bears an angular relation with respect to the main part of the chair. On the inside of the rail the fish plate e which comprises an angle iron fastened to the tie and the chair by the same spikes c is arranged with respect to the rail so that it fits tightly under the head of the rail. The fish plate portion a? of the rail chair also fits tightly under the head of the rail. The rail is made in longitudinal halves which are so, arranged that. they break joints. Each rail is a Z-shaped bar in cross-section, the bars at the top forming the heads of the rail, the stem of the Z forming the web of the rail and thebars of the Z at the bottom forming the foot of the rail. The Z bar to the left forms a true 2 while the Z bar to the right is the letter Z vreversed. Hence when the two. Z bars are clamped together a hollow air s ace f triangular in cross-section is formed Preferably the 2 bars are-bolted together near the top of the webs by the bolts 9. On the ties where no joint is made the rail halves may rest upon the plate as shown in Fig. 2 and the spikes may be used to hold the rail halves together. Inasmuch as the angularly disposed fish plates fit tightly under the heads, the rail halves are firmly held together, for any tendency to spread is re sisted in the direction of reatest strength of the fish plates. The fish plates are prevented from creeping upon the ties by the spikes.

In Fig. 6, a different form of construction is-shown. Here the rail chair 1) extends clear across the tie. such as 6 upon the inside of the rail an angle iron ll is used in connection with a wedging plate 2'. This wedgin plate 41 forms a fish plate to operate simfiar to the operation of the upright portionof the fish plate 6 and it also is tapered as shown in Fig. 7.. The bracing angle iron h of Figs. 6 and 7 is set slightly obliquely, as shown in Fig. 7, so that after the angle iron brace it has been spiked to the tie the driving of the wedging plate i'in between the upright and the brace of the inside rail plate tends to placed side by side so that the stems of the Zs or the webs of the rail diverge from top to bottom, substantially as described.

2. A continuous rail, comprising a plurality of rail halves in the form of 2 bars arranged side by side so that the stems of the Z or the webs of the rail diverge from top to bottom, a rail chair in which the Z bars are seated and provided with an angularly related upright fish plate portion on the outside of the rail and a fish plate fitting on the inside oftho rail. substantially as described.

3. A continuous rail, comprising a plurality of rail halves arranged to break joints 'in the form of abutting 2 bars arranged so that the stems or webs diverge from top to Instead of a fish plate bottom, a rail chair comprising a fiat horizontal portion and a fish plate portion under the head of the outside rail half, a fish plate that fits tightly under the railhead of the inside rail half and rests upon the chair, and means for holding the fish plate portion and the fish plate together, substantially as described.

4:. A continuous rail, having in combination a plurality of rail halves arranged to break joints and comprising Z bars abutting each other lengthwise and arranged so that the stems or webs diverge from to to bottom, a rail chair comprising a at strip upon which the feet of the rail halves rest and an angularly disposed fish plateportion that rests against the outside of the web of the outside rail half and tightly under the head thereof, a fish plate member resting against the side of the inside rail and tightly under the head, the said fish plate resting upon the rail chair, means for preventing the rail chair and the fish plate creeping upon the ties and means for clamping the rail halves together, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of two Witnesses.

, ALLEN BAGLEY. WVitnesses:

STUART C. BARNES, MARIETTA E. RUDD. 

